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Interested in taking a deep dive into your spiritual and missional formation? Hosted by Dr. Brian Russell (Professor of Biblical Studies and Spiritual Coach), the Deep Dive Spirituality Conversations Podcast will explore the contours of spiritual formation, leadership, and missional practice in our present reality through solo episodes and interviews with leading practitioners and thinkers.
Episodes
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
In this episode, Dr. Mark Dunwoody discusses the critical role that Missional Formation Coaching plays in the lives of church planters, spiritual leaders, and pastors.
Dr. Mark Dunwoody has more than three decades of international experience as an entrepreneur and consultant to non-profits and faith communities. Originally from Belfast, Ireland, Mark has lived in five countries and is well known, internationally, in the missional conversation as a writer, trainer, speaker, strategist and coach.
Link to Mark’s new Book:
Healthy Rhythms for Leaders
Connect with Mark Dunwoody:
https://missionalformationcoaching.com/
Twitter: @markdunwoody1
Instagram: @markdunwoody
Connect with Brian Russell:
Information about Brian’s Fall 2021 book Centering Prayer: How Sitting Quietly in God’s Presence Can Change Your Life www.centeringprayerbook.com
Twitter: @briandrussell
Instagram: @yourprofessorforlife
Coaching for Pastors: www.deepdivespirituality.com
Business and Life Coaching: www.drbrianrussellcoaching.com
Brian Russell’s Book on the Missional Interpretation of Scripture:
(Re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World https://amzn.to/3qln258
Links to Amazon are affiliate links. Dr. Russell receives a small payment if you order resources through these links. There is no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting the podcast through your purchases.
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
In this episode, Fr. Murchadh Ó Madagáin, author of Centering Prayer and the Healing of the Unconscious takes us on a deep dive into the practice of centering prayer. Specifically he addresses a question that often comes his way, "Is centering prayer a truly Christian practice?" The answer is "Yes." Listen in and discover a rich prayer practice that has deep roots in the church and one that can help you grow deeper into the grace and love of God.
Pre-order Brian's Centering Prayer: How Sitting Quietly in God's Presence Can Change Your LIfe https://amzn.to/32NoCCU
Books by Murchadh Ó Madagáin
Centering Prayer and Healing of the Unconscious https://amzn.to/3tQoI9i
By the Word of Their Testimony: The Journey of a Priest https://amzn.to/3dbCA7U
Books recommended by Fr. Murchadh
Keating, Invitation to Love: The Way of Christian Contemplation https://amzn.to/3ptQnt5
Mother Teresa, Come Be My Light https://amzn.to/2ZnVUXN
Watkins, The Warning: Testimonies and Prophecies of the Illumination of Conscience https://amzn.to/3aqyp6G
Connecting with Fr. Murchadh Ó Madagáin
Also, all masses are live-streamed, if anyone wants to join us online, or hear homilies live/recorded: www.facebook.com/stvincentftmyers.org
Connect with Brian Russell:
Information about Brian’s Fall 2021 book Centering Prayer: How Sitting Quietly in God’s Presence Can Change Your Life www.centeringprayerbook.com
Twitter: @briandrussell
Instagram: @yourprofessorforlife
Coaching for Pastors: www.deepdivespirituality.com
Business and Life Coaching: www.drbrianrussellcoaching.com
Brian Russell’s Book on the Missional Interpretation of Scripture:
(Re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World https://amzn.to/3qln258
Links to Amazon are affiliate links. Dr. Russell receives a small payment if you order resources through these links. There is no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting the podcast through your purchases.
Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Dr. A. J. Swoboda talks about his latest book, After Doubt: How to Question Your Faith Without Losing It. He offers substantive theological and pastoral reflection on doubt, uncertainty, and the deep resources of the Christian faith to guide faithful sojourners through seasons of deconstruction.
A. J. Swoboda (PhD, University of Birmingham) is assistant professor of Bible, theology, and world Christianity at Bushnell University. He also leads a Doctor of Ministry program around the Holy Spirit and leadership at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is the author of a number of books, including the award-winning Subversive Sabbath.
Buy After Doubt: How to Question Your Faith Without Losing It https://amzn.to/2YXPr5x
Connect with Dr. A.J. Swoboda
Web: https://www.ajswobodawrites.com/
Twitter: @mrajswoboda
Others Books by A.J.
Subversive Sabbath: The Surprising Power of Rest in a Nonstop World https://amzn.to/3tHBJC3
Messy: God Likes It That Way https://amzn.to/3tEsUsp
The Dusty Ones: Why Wandering Deepens Your Faith https://amzn.to/3rAxkil
A Glorious Dark: Finding Hope in the Tension between Belief and Experience https://amzn.to/3rxxF5i
Introducing Evangelical Ecotheology: Foundations in Scripture, Theology, History, and Praxis (co-authored) https://amzn.to/3jxFULL
Book Recommendations by A. J. Swoboda
Don Carson The God Who Is There: Finding Your Place in God's Story https://amzn.to/2MQbfNQ
Thomas Oden A Change of Heart: A Personal and Theological Memoir https://amzn.to/3d0q1MZ
Ronald Rolheiser. The Holy Longing: The Search for a Christian Spirituality https://amzn.to/3p5O13m
Connect with Brian Russell:
Information about Brian’s forthcoming Fall 2021 book Centering Prayer: How Sitting Quietly in God’s Presence Can Change Your Life www.centeringprayerbook.com
Twitter: @briandrussell
Instagram: @yourprofessorforlife
Coaching for Pastors: www.deepdivespirituality.com
Business and Life Coaching: www.drbrianrussellcoaching.com
Brian Russell’s Book on the Missional Interpretation of Scripture:
(Re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World https://amzn.to/3qln258
Links to Amazon are affiliate links. Dr. Russell receives a small payment if you order resources through these links. There is no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting the podcast through your purchases.
#deconstruction #doubt #spiritualformation
Tuesday Feb 02, 2021
Tuesday Feb 02, 2021
Listen in as Dr. Massimo Pigliucci (best selling author of books on Stoicism as well as a professor of philosophy and expert on evolutionary biology) shares his knowledge and wisdom concerning the modern practice of Stoicism, it’s relationship to spirituality and Christianity, and how to live a good life.
Bio:
Dr. Massimo Pigliucci has a PhD in Evolutionary Biology from the University of Connecticut and a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Tennessee. He currently is the K.D. Irani Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York. His research interests include the philosophy of science, the relationship between science and philosophy, the nature of pseudoscience, and the practical philosophy of Stoicism. (See fuller bio below)
Connect with Dr. Pigliucci
Web: https://massimopigliucci.com
Twitter: @mpigliucci
Books by Massimo
A Field Guide to a Happy Life: 53 Brief Lessons for Living https://amzn.to/3ovvhKm
A Handbook for New Stoics: how to Thrive in a World Out of Your Control https://amzn.to/39pJZhK
How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life https://amzn.to/2YqQTNz
How to Life a Good Life: A Guide to Choosing Your Personal Philosophy https://amzn.to/2YkXiKd
Nonsense on Stilts: how To Tell Science from Bunk. https://amzn.to/3iU3iD0
Other books by Massimo: https://amzn.to/39qYrWG
Books recommended by Massimo
Carl Sagan. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark https://amzn.to/3absot7
Bertrand Russell. Autobiography https://amzn.to/3orcfVD
Connect with Brian Russell:
Twitter: @briandrussell
Instagram: @yourprofessorforlife
Coaching for Pastors: www.deepdivespirituality.com
Business and Life Coaching: www.drbrianrussellcoaching.com
Brian Russell’s Book on the Missional Interpretation of Scripture:
(Re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World https://amzn.to/3qln258
Links to Amazon are affiliate links. Dr. Russell receives a small payment if you order resources through these links. There is no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting the podcast through your purchases.
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
In this episode Dr. Bryan Sims reflects on what adaptive and spiritual leadership looks like today.
Bio:
Bryan Sims has worked since 2001 as a Leadership and Organizational Change Coach with SLI where he has trained and coached leaders, teams, churches, and organizations over extended periods of time to bring spiritual awakening and missional effectiveness. He has coached in Anglican, Methodist, Free Methodist, Wesleyan, Baptist, Presbyterian, and non-denominational settings.
Bryan has also been a professor of Leadership and Lay Equipping at Asbury Theological Seminary since 2011. His teaching expertise relates to team leadership, equipping, leading change, adaptive spiritual leadership, and the link between leadership and discipleship.
Bryan is a graduate of West Texas A&M University (1998) and Asbury Theological Seminary (M.Div., 2003) and has a Ph. D. in Organizational Leadership from Regent University (2009). He is author of Leading Together: in Christ, with one another, through our greatest challenges (100M Publishing, 2021) and has a authored a chapter in Leadership the Wesleyan Way (Emeth Press, 2016).
Books Recommended by Dr. Bryan Sims:
Ronald Heifetz Leaderships without Easy Answers https://amzn.to/3owZPLT
Robert Quinn, Change the World: How Ordinary People can Achieve Extraordinary Results https://amzn.to/3iWbvGZ
The Arbinger Institute Anatomy of Peace https://amzn.to/39sAqOZ
and Leadership and Self-Deception https://amzn.to/3j5Xcja
Ted Bolsinger Canoeing the Mountains https://amzn.to/3iWzgyD
and Tempered Resilience: How Leaders Are Formed in the Crucible of Change https://amzn.to/3oBvlIQ
Connect with Dr. Bryan Sims:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-sims-20497524/
Web: http://www.bryandsims.com/
Connect with Brian Russell:
Twitter: @briandrussell
Instagram: @yourprofessorforlife
Coaching for Pastors: www.deepdivespirituality.com
Business and Life Coaching: www.drbrianrussellcoaching.com
Brian Russell’s Book on the Missional Interpretation of Scripture:
(Re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World https://amzn.to/3qln258
Links to Amazon are affiliate links. Dr. Russell receives a small payment if you order resources through these links. There is no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting the podcast through your purchases.
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Dr. Michael Beck and Dr. Rosario Picardo share insights from their new book Fresh Expressions in a Digital Age: how the Church can Prepare for a Post-Pandemic World.
Buy Fresh Expressions in a Digital Age: https://amzn.to/3o2aaPQ
Michael Beck has been a previous guest on Episode 2 and 24.
Rosario Picardo is pastor of Mosaic Church and Dean of Chapel at United Theological Seminary in Dayton Ohio.
Connect with Michael Beck:
Michaeladambeck.com
Twitter: @reverendwild1
Connect with Rosario Picardo:
Connect with Dr. Russell:
Twitter: @briandrussell
IG: @yourprofessorforlife
Read Brian's book on missional interpretation:
(re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World https://amzn.to/3k86KcN
Books by Michael Beck
Books by Rosario Picardo
Books that Beck Recommends:
(1) Gerald Arbuckle Refounding the church: Dissent for Leadership https://amzn.to/2VdFD5e
(2) Manuel Castells The Rise of Network Society
(3) Graham Cray The Mission-shaped Church
(4) Alan Hirsch/Michael Frost, The Shaping of Things to Come https://amzn.to/35nA9v5
(5) Michael Moynagh Church in Life https://amzn.to/3bJDRR5
(6) Cal Newport Deep Work https://amzn.to/3p5ztlb
(7) Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs https://amzn.to/2M6DzLt
(8) Jenny O'Dell How to Do Nothing https://amzn.to/2XWk2zJ
Books Recommended by Roz:
Henri Nouwen In the Name of Jesus https://amzn.to/3bY98li
Brother Lawrence Practicing the Presence of God
Dr. Michael Beck is South Atlantic Coordinator for Fresh Expressions US and North Central District Cultivator of Fresh Expressions for the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church. He also leads the Fresh Expressions house of study at United Theological Seminary. Michael serves as senior pastor of Wildwood UMC where he directs addiction recovery programs, a jail ministry, a food pantry, and a network of fresh expressions that meet in places like tattoo parlors and burrito joints. He currently lives in Wildwood with his wife, Jill, and their blended family of 8 children.
Dr. Rosario PIcardo grew up in western New York as a first-generation Sicilian-American. In 2003, he earned his Bachelor of Arts in Religion from Houghton College and in 2007 a Master of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary. He graduated with a Doctor of Ministry from United Theological Seminary in 2014. During his senior year of college, Roz entered the ministry as a military chaplain, serving four years in the Marine Reserves and five years in the Navy Reserves. While attending seminary, he recognized a call to serve the local church and has experience in all facets of church life, through roles ranging from church custodian to associate pastor to church planter and executive pastor of church planting at Ginghamsburg Church who has three campuses and worships over 4,000. Also, Roz was one of the founding pastors at Mosaic, a new multicultural church in Dayton, Ohio, that recently celebrated its first year in the community launching with 564 people.
In addition to his work in the church Roz leads a consulting group for church planters/pastors called Picardo Coaching LLC and is the author of Embrace: A Church Plant That Broke All the Rules (Pickwick Publications), Ministry Makeover: Recovering a Theology of Bivocational Ministry (Wipf & Stock Publishers) and Funding Ministry with Five Loaves and Two Fishes (Abingdon Press). Dr. Picardo has one forthcoming in 2019, From Franchise to Local Dive (Market Square Publishing).
More recently Roz works bi-vocational at United Theological Seminary. He serves as Director of the Seminary’s Pohly Center for Supervision and Leadership Formation, a mentor in United’s Doctor of Ministry program and an affiliate faculty member and now as Dean of The Chapel. Links to
Amazon are affiliate links. Dr. Russell receives a small payment if you order resources through these links. There is no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting the podcast through your purchases.
Thursday Jan 14, 2021
Thursday Jan 14, 2021
In this week’s episode, Mark Tooley (President of the Institute for Religion and Democracy) talks about the political witness of the Church. We explore the foundations for thinking theologically about politics and activism and the role of the Church in helping to heal the divisions present in our society today.
Connect with the Mark and the Institute for Religion and Democracy www.theird.org
Twitter: @markdtooley @theird @ProvMagazine
Books by Mark:
The Peace That Almost Was: The Forgotten Story of the 1861 Washington Peace Conference and the Final Attempt to Avert the Civil War https://amzn.to/38LCn9b
Methodism and Politics in the Twentieth Century https://amzn.to/3nEshuQ
Books Recommended by Mark
Thomas Holland Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World https://amzn.to/38L9E40
A. Skevington Wood The Burning Heart: John Wesley Evangelist https://amzn.to/38JJSx7
Theodore Weber Politics in the Order of Salvation: Transforming Wesleyan Political Ethics https://amzn.to/3oLohKu
Connect with Brian:
Twitter: @briandrussell
Instagram: @yourprofessorforlife
Coaching for Pastors: www.deepdivespirituality.com
Business and Life Coaching: www.drbrianrussellcoaching.com
Brian’s Book on the Missional Interpretation of Scripture:
(Re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World https://amzn.to/3qln258
Links to Amazon are affiliate links. Thank you for your support of the video/podcast through your purchase of books.
Tuesday Jan 05, 2021
Tuesday Jan 05, 2021
In this Episode, Donald Robertson author of How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius discusses Stoicism and Spirituality.
Donald Robertson is a cognitive-behavioural psychotherapist and the author of six books on philosophy and psychotherapy, including Stoicism and the Art of Happiness and the bestselling How to Think Like a Roman Emperor. His graphic novel, Verissimus: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius, is due for publication around Autumn 2021 by St. Martin’s Press.
Books by Donald Robertson:
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor https://amzn.to/2MsLYsy
Stoicism and the Art of Happiness: Practical wisdom for everyday life: embrace perseverance, strength and happiness with stoic philosophy https://amzn.to/3hKArR2
The Philosophy of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT): Stoic Philosophy as Rational and Cognitive Psychotherapy https://amzn.to/3pPhj7g
Build Your Resilience: CBT, mindfulness and stress management to survive and thrive in any situation https://amzn.to/38h97ql
The Practice of Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Hypnosis https://amzn.to/3rZTtb0
Connect with Donald Robertson:
Twitter: @DonJRobertson
Website: https://donaldrobertson.name/
Books Recommended by Donald
Marcus Aurelius Meditations https://amzn.to/2LrD1za
Epictetus Discourses https://amzn.to/2LrTEe4
and Enchiridion https://amzn.to/3bfDIX9
Seneca Letters from a Stoic https://amzn.to/3rYtwZa
Plato's Apology https://amzn.to/3pT3lBq
Pierre Hadot Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius https://amzn.to/35cMLo6
Ryan Holiday/Stephen Hanselman Daily Stoic https://amzn.to/3rPXOgC
Massimo Pigliucci How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life https://amzn.to/2MBvdeZ
William Irvine A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy https://amzn.to/3ogHV0I
Connect with Brian
Twitter: @briandrussell
Instragram: @yourprofessorforlife
Coaching: drbrianrussellcoaching.com
Group Coaching for Pastors/Spiritual Leaders: www.deepdivespirituality.com
Brian's Book:
(re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World https://amzn.to/35eWuu5
Links to Amazon are affiliate links. Thank you for supporting the show by purchasing products through these links.
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
In this Episode, Dr. Brian Russell shares his top spiritual lessons from 2020.
Reservoir vs. Canal, KASH, Curiosity, Silence/Solitude Practices, The Body Keeps the Score, and Simplicity
Dr. Brian Russell is the curator of the Deep Dive Spirituality Conversations Podcast as well as a Professor of Biblical Studies and Coach.
His most recent book is (Re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World https://amzn.to/382H3Hn
Email: deepdivespirituality@gmail.com
Group Coaching for Pastor and Spiritual Leaders: www.deepdivespirituality.com
Coaching for Business and Life: www.drbrianrussellcoaching.com
Twitter: @briandrussell
Instagram: @yourprofessorforlife
YouTube Channel: Deep Dive Spirituality with Dr. Brian Russell
Reservoir versus Canal:
Bernard of Clairvaux Sermon 18 on the Song ofSongs: https://hymnsandchants.com/Texts/Sermons/SongOfSongs/Sermon18/Sermon18.htm
Silence and Solitude Practices:
Episode 8: Brian Russell https://deepdivespirituality.podbean.com/e/episode-8-what-is-deep-dive-spirituality-solocast-with-dr-brian-russell/
Episode 13: Roundtable on Centering Prayer
Body Keeps the Score:
Bessel Van Der Kolk The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. https://amzn.to/3hubf12
Episode 21 with Dr. Elaine Heath https://deepdivespirituality.podbean.com/e/episode-21-dr-elaine-heath-on-contemplative-spirituality-sanctification-and-the-healing-of-trauma/
Simplicity
Episode 1: Gene Yotka https://deepdivespirituality.podbean.com/e/episode-1-spiritual-direction-and-the-contemplative-life-with-gene-yotka/
Episodes 3 and 5 Michael Voigts
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
In this episode, Gene Yotka (Spiritual Director and Founder of the Awakening Institute) talks about contemplative spirituality and the lessons of 2020.
Listen to Episode #1 with Gene Yotka: https://youtu.be/a5nv_kD6teE
Books Recommended by Gene:
Merton When the Trees say Nothing https://amzn.to/3h66PNT
Dom Augustin Guillerand Prayer of the Presence of God https://amzn.to/37pYnFT
Bruno Barnhardt Future of Wisdom https://amzn.to/3r1og6x
J. August Higgins Mysticism and Contemporary Life: Essays in Honor of Bernard McGinn https://amzn.to/3oZmq4p
Complete Mystical Works of Meister Eckhart https://amzn.to/3r5C5AU
Liminal Space Oneing Richard Rohr (January 2020)
Old Recommendations by Gene from Episode #1:
Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation https://amzn.to/2JA67YU
David Steindl-Rast Gratefulness is the heart of prayer https://amzn.to/39tKDHW
Benedicta Ward The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks https://amzn.to/2UxXlRJ
Contact and Bio:
Email: theawakeninginstitutue@gmail.com
Website: www.theawakeninginstitute.com
Face book: The Awakening Institute
Linked In: Eugene T Yotka
Mailing address: The Awakening Institute, 5040 Mayflower St. Cocoa, Florida
Bio:
Gene Yotka is husband to his wife MaryAnn and father of 5 (Beau, Tara, Kitty, Kurt and Victoria), as well as grandfather to 6 (Isabella, Kaya, Alina, Lincoln, Richard and Kurt). He holds a master’s in divinity (M.Div.) as well as a masters in pastoral counseling (MAPC), both through Asbury Theological Seminary. Gene is also a graduate of the 3-year certification program in spiritual companionship with a practicum in spiritual direction from St. Thomas University. Gene is a retired pastor who spent 12 years of ministry in the local church. Currently, he is the founder and director of The Awakening Institute for Spiritual Formation, Spiritual Direction and Soul Care, which is a multi-faceted ministry for the training of spiritual directors, while providing classes and retreats for those wishing to explore Christian contemplative practices, which are designed for those seeking a deeper experience in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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